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 to Canada. Finally, it became rumored about that some one bad trapped or shot the Phantom Fox. He was no longer to be found on his favorite range. The Meadowdale Fox Club were quite sure of that. Finally these rumors came to the ears of Kitty Mason. At first she did not take them seriously, but at last their full import came to her, and with it a dark suspicion. There was but one person in the countryside who knew the ways and the habits of Redcoat, and that was Bud Holcome. If anyone had trapped or shot the fox, it was he. So, one evening in a very serious frame of mind, she called Bud on the telephone. He was always glad to hear Kitty's voice but he now saw at once that something serious was in the wind.

"Bud," said Kitty in her most serious manner, "they say some one has shot or trapped the Phantom Fox. The Meadowdale Fox Club have tried every day for a week, but they can not start him. I want you to tell me the truth, Bud, have you shot the Phantom Fox?"